Dick van de Wetering

Managing engineering department

teaching Introduction plastics, behaviour of plastic materials, theory of elasticity, stress and strain, design rules, parting line moulds, gate systems, ejection, mould cooling, rheology

- contacts with material suppliers - advise in advanced design project - trouble shooting existing projects - train and coach coworkers

- Cost calculation of parts, mould and assembly - Manage product design up to production stat-up according ISO/TS 16949 - Supplier contact for plastic materials, packaging materials, purchase parts and hotrunner systems - Exchanging know-how between project engineers, toolengineers and proces engineers - computer simulation model Suncyle solar energy system

- productdevelopment of blowmoulding and injection moulding parts - make 2D product drawings

- Give technical service with new installation start ups for processing dicyclopentadieen into the material polydicyclopentadieen using the RIM process (RIM=reaction injection molding). - Assist with sales activities - Contact with suppliers of RIM processing machines. - Activities in the region Western-Europa.

In the product development group of polyamide 46 (Stanyl) - evaluation of mechanical properties compared to PA6 and PA66 - evaluation of fillers like glassfibres, kaolin, glassbeads, carbon fibres, aramide fibres, mica, wolastonite in PA46 - improvement of formulation for reduced fricton and wear (gears, bearings) - representative in multi-cliënt project regarding high end materials in friction and wear applications

flow fundamentals, chemical basis of polymerscience, rheology, injection molding, extrusion, costcalcualtion, productionmethods, qualtiy control, construction

Final study subjects reological model, modify tensile test machine for testing arimde fibers, computerprogramme of rheological model